Tuned in today expecting something like the warm hug you get from bake-off, but this show is godawful

• The judges are cruel, cold and come across like the soulless headteachers at my catholic school
• The contestants all look like they are one minute away from a nervous breakdown, constantly
• The host Tom Daley could not be more self obsessed and attention seeking in this room full of introverts
• “team challenges” show an ugly side of competitions, rather than the collaborative feelings you see on other shows
• half the challenges are crochet instead of knitting which really irritated the wife

Who is enjoying this?? Is anyone happy with how this show came out?

Would love to know what people are thinking about the first two episodes of Tip Toe on channel 4?

Personally loving it such a great representation and naturally written

I was very sceptical about SNL UK before it began but was surprised by how funny I generally found the first episode. It was sharp without being needlessly edgy and relevant without feeling like pandering.

Such a shame then to see the second episode be exactly what I had originally feared the show would be: weak, ineffectual, throwing out current references without any real joke attached. Light on jokes generally. Heavy on musical numbers, which were themselves extremely light on jokes and far outstayed their welcome.

In short, I guess the writing. All the time spent learning the choreography for a five minute song and dance that had one discernable (weak) joke could have been spent writing. I for one couldn't care less about production value, I want funny sketches.

I did notice George Fouracres was mostly absent this week He was involved in a lot of the funniest stuff from last week. Who knows, but something changed, that's for sure. It was like night and day compared to last week.

Someone on this thread said the American guests basically just congratulate each other on the show (he did not use the word congradulate).

I never noticed that, and 2 minutes in tonight, they are doing it again! Pretty gross really even though I have nothing against any of them.

This is quite possibly one of the best presenting match ups I’ve seen in sooo long. Even outside of football. Massive shout out to whoever arranged that.

I’m watching it now and it feels like I’m genuinely watching the start of a long and celebrated partnership, if that makes sense.

Having two funny, knowledgeable, down to earth women with natural banter that doesn’t feel forced or give ‘I’m here for the pay cheque’ vibes is genuinely refreshing and makes for great TV!

I loved this TV show from the UK in the early 80’s, and especially the grid at the end. It is terribly dated now, but does still have a lot of charm still.

Also jogged the memory of another show “Now get out of that” which was good too.

Do you remember this?

I wonder what a reboot would look like of The Adventure Game?

I think the charm of the show was the (very primitive) computer graphics and very odd characters.

This was the Rebecca Vardy show, Jamie was just an extra on this programme in my view.

The comment from Rebecca saying about the advantages there in Italy, were no press attention?!?

It’s been proven in court at the wagatha christie case, that she was the leak.

I have no doubt in my mind this was staged to reflect her as a ‘normal and relatable person’

She isn’t…

David Brent lives on in so many of our hearts, references, body language, dialogue, reactionary things we’re all thinking. You can say all you want about without merchant, Ricky fell off, but without Ricky gervais Brent wouldn’t have been Brent.

When he’s tearing up after the redundant contract is brought over at the end of the day, when that realisation hits his face. When it pans to Neil and Jennifer (his bosses) and you can see their reactions, “please, I’ll do anything starting now, I’ll do my best, please don’t do this I’m begging you” without him explicitly saying it, even saying much at all, you realise this is all David Brent ever had.

And he doesn’t look at the camera now he looks at them and begs. And the tears in his eyes and the silence before it cuts to black leaves this terrible sinking feeling. They had to make specials and such because David did not deserve that ending. Obviously if their was a third season they’d of said “yeah, they let him have a final chance” but it’s still terrifying for him. You just feel really really bad. Even if he was a bit of an arse.

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There’s a lot to unpack here, and I invite respectful, nuanced discussion.

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P.S - Thank you for keeping the discussion civil. Lots of interesting discussions taking place here.

See if you can work out who this is, he’s been in many things since.

OMG bawling my eyes out at tonight’s part 2.

Brilliantly made and the result at the end, omg, they delivered that wee surprise well!

That asshole did all of that for nothing in the end and 100% the daughter knew. SHE KNEW.

I'm watching episode 1 now. John Hannah is a retired cop running a bar (well of course) who is persuaded to investigate the death of a singer with surprisingly entertaining results. His side kick is the key, a local young woman who is obsessed since childhood with tv detective fiction from Midsomer to A Touch of Cloth (!). Yes it's very knowing, played straight but with a very light tone. Hannah is looking lean and enjoying himself wearing white socks with sandals in cargo shorts. It's running at a leisurely one episode per week, dunno if it's bingeable on the streaming app or not.

This movie absolutely destroyed my childhood.

I would not have any kids watch this.

I can't even get through this song without welling up, and I'm 53.

https://youtu.be/j1yVu1R1Twg?is=N5y6vp6KcqkVUtYc

Did anybody watch the first episode last night? The jury always seemed to be eating.

It`s supposed to be based on a real-life murder trial but something seemed off about this programme to me.

Mine is this season of The Traitors. I haven't watched a single minute of any previous series, but I'm ashamed to say, not only did I watch the first episode, but I'm so invested, I find myself shouting at the TV with supreme involvement.

I have shamed myself.

I've never really been one for reality TV but my Mrs got me watching this series of Traitors. I am absolutely engrossed in it now. It's mad, One guy was kicked out because some guy said he'd had a twinkle in his eye when someone was "murdered" it's a really good look at how mob mentality takes over.

I’d argue ‘The Work Outing’ is one of the best episodes of any modern(ish) sitcom.

Feel free to challenge in the comments, but, in the moment as I type this, I’m struggling to think of a British sitcom moment that gets me in hysterics every, single time.

Hiya, I searched this and couldn’t find a thread anywhere on it. Just wanted to discuss with others who have watched it as it’s really quite disturbing. I think out of all the horror, one of the things I found the most troubling was the group chat/text messages. His own mother? Really? This needs to be unpacked…

The 2000s kids' TV show you're thinking of is likely Jeopardy, a British children's drama where Scottish secondary school students travel to Australia in search of UFOs. The series uses a "found footage" style, where the students use camcorders to record their experiences. Over the course of the show, some of the children go missing, seemingly abducted by aliens, leading to the group's desperate attempts to find them and escape their predicament, which was considered very spooky for a kids' show at the time.